How Trump happened

The Oscars have demonstrated the power of group psychology. The room is a hermetically sealed bubble where all mores can be eradicated in a second. Do you want to understand how Trump happened? Watch the Oscars and the crowd reaction. The pull to belong is very powerful. The pull to conform to what is happening around you is a powerful tide. Applause for assault in a tuxedo in California is the same as applause for assault while wearing a red hat in Alabama. That was a crime. There was no virtue attached to it. None whatsoever.

CNN analyst Asha Rangappa manages to tie Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars to Trump

You just knew that the incident at the Oscars where Will Smith smacked Chris Rock would leave many of the hottest takes in its wake. Because Donald Trump continues to live rent-free in so many heads, what happened at the Academy Awards last night was bound to be tied to the 45th president in some fashion. Among the takes along those lines is this one from CNN analyst Asha Rangappa:

Penn State comms professor calls for assassination of Trump: ‘Should’ve been Lincoln’d’

• Furness wrote, “Should’ve been Lincoln’d five minutes later,” referring to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

While in Brussels, Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump by repeating the ‘very fine people’ lie, saying that was the moment he decided to run for president.

While in Brussels, Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump by repeating the “very fine people” lie, saying that was the moment he decided to run for president.

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Ninth Circuit affirms Trump victory in legal feud with Stormy Daniels

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a victory for former President Donald Trump in his legal feud with pornographic actress Stormy Daniels.

No apologies, no remorse from 51 intel officials who spread disinformation to blunt Hunter Biden laptop revelations

• “The officials … signed a letter saying that the laptop ‘has the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation’.”

Project Veritas questions possible media-govt. collusion on Jan. 6

The latest report by Project Veritas is raising questions about possible collusion between the mainstream media and government agencies to discredit Donald Trump and Republican voters. A new investigation by the non-profit journalism enterprise revealed mainstream media knew that FBI informants were inside the capitol during the January 6 protest.

New York Times reporter says Steele pee tape doesn’t exist

New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg said the infamous “pee tape” from Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump dossier “doesn’t exist,” according to the latest video released by Project Veritas.

CIA/NSA sources involved with Trump ‘pee tape’ and ‘Leftist sh*t’ at The Times

• Rosenberg on infamous pee tape: “It involved CIA and NSA. It involved Trump and involved that ridiculous, like, ‘pee tape’, which of course doesn’t exist.”
• Rosenberg: “I think there’s like a real internal tug of war [at NYT] between, like the reasonable people and some of the crazier leftist sh*t that’s worked its way in there.”
• Rosenberg said his collogues at the NYT were “not the clearest thinkers, some of them” before calling the people that end up at the paper “very neurotic people.”
• Rosenberg on colleague Adam Goldman: “He’s a terrible writer…He’s just not good at conceptualizing things. He’s not good with words. It’s a skill. It’s a hard one.”
• Rosenberg on the NYT’s ongoing lawsuit with Project Veritas: “James O’Keefe, that was a f*ck up. We may well lose that one.”

4 new things we just learned about the Special Counsel Investigation

• When will the corrupt media begin reporting on this biggest political scandal of the last century?

Ratcliffe says ‘all kinds of intelligence’ showed ‘fake Russia collusion’

The U.S. government possessed a wealth of intelligence showing bogus allegations of collusion between former President Donald Trump and Russia, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said, referring to his time overseeing the nation’s spy apparatus.

Putin must be asking: Where’s Trump when I need him?

If Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to gobble up another chunk of Ukraine at little or no cost to his own interests, he should have done it while Donald Trump was still president. With President Biden leading the response, Putin’s potential costs are rising — while his hoped-for benefits have evaporated.

Politico says Presidents’ Day should be ‘canceled’ for including Trump

In an article titled “It’s Time To Cancel Presidents Day,” the publication made the case that Presidents’ Day is not woke enough and that it “does a disservice to history” and “is less a show of genuine respect for American history than an insult to it.”

‘One small thing to be thankful for is that DJT is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia.’

One small thing to be thankful for is that DJT is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia.

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When is Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes going to apologize?

When is Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes going to apologize for saying that my campaign was not spied upon? On top of that, they spied on the White House!

‘Donald Trump has committed the single worst crime in presidential history’

Rob Reiner, the actor who played “Meathead” on “All in the Family,” sent out a tweet on Wednesday claiming that former President Donald Trump “has committed the single worst crime in presidential history.”

Biden orders release of Trump White House Visitor Logs

• Trump has repeatedly fought for the privacy of documents being sought by the committee investigating the Capitol riot.

President Trump was a victim of espionage, both foreign and domestic

The recent Durham revelations that people working for Hillary Clinton spied on Donald Trump, his campaign and his administration is only part of the story. It is a very important part but should not obscure the role that foreign intelligence, the Brits in particular, reportedly played in trying to dig up dirt on Donald Trump.

Biden had firm at center of Trump hacking scandal on campaign payroll

• Neustar Information Services executive allegedly wanted Clinton administration post

‘They spied on Trump’: New filing by John Durham alleges that President Trump’s internet traffic was being monitored

The investigation by special counsel John Durham hasn’t been moving quickly by any means, but there was some activity last September when it was reported that Durham was seeking an indictment of Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussman, who was apparently the source of that now-debunked hot tip that the Trump Organization had a secret communications channel with the Russian Alfa Bank.